PUERTO PRINCESA CITY: Thirteen of the 46 mayoral candidates for the May 8 recall election in this city filed on Tuesday their withdrawal before the city’s Commission on Election (Comelec) office, saying they did not know they were running for mayor.

All of them claimed they were deceived by some individuals from a supposed pro-poor organization to sign documents giving them benefits.

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